[3830] ARRL 10 OK1RI SO Mixed HP

[Jiří Šanda]

      Call:      OK1RI
      Category:  Single Operator
      Power:     High Power
      Band:      Mono 10
      Mode:      Mixed Mode
      Station:    OK1RI + OK1RF
      Country:   Czech Republic

      MODE      QSO    QSO PTS  STATES  COUNTRIES
       CW      987     3948       54       93     147
      SSB    1164     2328       57      104     161
      --------------------------------------- 308

      Totals  2151     6276      111      197  =   1,933,008

All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.

Equipment Description:
IC775 + PPA
4 x 6Y @ 31/25/19/13 m rotating together
6Y @ 7m FIX to south.

Club Affiliation:

Comments:
Our "small" stack 2 x 6Y @ 19/13m fall down and is damaged to 
nonexistence on the extremely high winds of OCT 28. It was a project 
made in 1999 with the idea it will be up only one year and then reworked 
to more serious state, it was up until than and working fine - in some 
directions (SA, LongPath JA) usually better then the "big" stack.
I missed it very much since the openings to JA were practically in the 
same time both LP and SP. So I was rotating the antenna every 5 minutes....
I was S&P-ing this year a lot, I feel to have a decent Number of mults 
but I should have 200 QSOs more. Look at the 3830 I see how many mults I 
lost !!!! DOZENS !   Of course after a contest one sees what was done 
wrong....
Propagation was considerably better on sunday. The band always "born" 
and "died" during only few minutes.
As always I could only hear the stations southern to me even not far 
like 9A, S5 etc. still (or already) working and I could hear just 
NOTHING. Of course same will be with the stations northern to me like 
OH, SM...
Compared to last year - OK1RF's turn very few US WEST  coast stations, 
no KL7, KH6. I have 200 Ws less, 50 mults more. Compared to 2000, much 
less Ws - the propagation was shorter both in time and distance. I just 
wonder what we will see next year here ( OK1RF ) and if there is going 
to be at least a few contacts to USA in 2004 - my turn.

ARRL 10m is FUN contest with decent overnight rest and nice pileups, 
chance (or need) to S&P, everything fine contest has to have !

           Jiri Sanda  OK1RI